Geek Crusade invites you to pay your last respects to the late, great Oberyn Martell. Join us for our latest Dinner is Coming event as we celebrate the Game of Thrones fandom over food, conversation, and this time, funeral rites.

Requiem for the Red Viper

All praise the name of Oberyn of the House Martell, Prince of Dorne, the Red Viper and father to the Sand Snakes! Come join us for a celebration like no other in the Seven Kingdoms, as we bring the Prince’s body home to Dorne. Lay our sweet Prince to rest with us, then feast on the best that Dorne has to offer.

Inspired by A Song Of Ice And Fire, the high fantasy epic by George R. R. Martin, our latest dinner will begin with a solemn ceremony to commemorate the life and death of Oberyn Martell. This will be followed by a lavish tasting menu inspired by the cuisine of Dorne and the history of House Martell. Seats are limited to a party of 50, and here’s what’s on the menu.

Tasting Menu

Dinner consists of a 6-course tasting menu, served communal style. The pictures below depict sharing plates for four. If you do not want to share and prefer individual plating, let us know.

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[toggle title=”What is a Requiem?“]A Requiem, pronounced asˈre-kwē-əm is a) a Mass for the repose of the souls of the dead or b) a musical composition setting parts of a requiem Mass or c) an act or token of rememberance. Devotees of Oberyn Martell can therefore pay their last respects and finally gain closure.[/toggle][toggle title=”How is this a Game of Thrones-inspired dinner?“]In the GOT books, there are rich, detailed descriptions of the different cuisines from the Seven Kingdoms. In this dinner, the dishes are either inspired by specific lines from the books or from the history of House Martell.[/toggle][toggle title=”Why are you serving the food communal style?”] Because Oberyn did everything communal style. ;p [/toggle][toggle title=”Do I need to be a Game of Thrones fanatic to attend this dinner? I don’t know much about the show or the books.“]You don’t need to be a GOT fanatic – you just need to appreciate good food, and a good conversation over a nice meal. [/toggle] [toggle title=”Must I dress up?“]You don’t have, but if you feel a burning desire to turn up as one of the sand snakes or even (gasp!) the Mountain, we certainly won’t stop you![/toggle] [toggle title=”Is Oberyn Martell my father?“] Well, Bastards are born of passion and our prince is a passionate man. Your queue number is 129. [/toggle] [toggle title=”I’m coming as the mother of dragons, can I bring my dragons?“]Of course. Restaurant Sela is a dragon friendly restaurant. Torching of food is allowed. [/toggle] [toggle title=”What happened at your last Dinner is Coming events?“] So much fun! check out what happened at our Welcome to King’s Landing and Panem Forever events. [/toggle] [toggle title=”Is your event affiliated to HBO?“] Dinner Is Coming is an event organized by fans for fans, and is in no way affiliated with HBO or George R.R Martin. [/toggle] [toggle title=”What are your upcoming Dinner is Coming events?“] We created our Dinner is Coming series of pop-culture events to connect fans, fandoms and food. Connect with us, and a raven will be sent to inform you of our upcoming events.

Iron Fist review: Boring. Really boring.

He couldn’t believe the reviews were so bad. Photo: Finlay Mackay for EW

Remember when you binge watched Daredevil and Jessica Jones and kept telling yourself “Just one more episode” because it was so damn good? That’s probably not going to happen here.

Let’s recap: 15 years ago, Danny Rand (Finn Jones, the once and former Ser Loras Tyrell) was the only survivor of a plane crash that killed his (very) wealthy parents. Rescued and taken to the (yawn) mystical city of K’un-L’un, he trains in (double yawn) martial arts and learns to wield the supernatural power of the Iron Fist.

Fast forward to present day New York City. 25-year-old Rand returns to New York for some reason or other, looking very much the college student who like, took a vacation in the Orient and is TOTALLY enlightened now, dude. He’s hoping to reclaim his name and his parents’ legacy in the Rand Corporation, but three pesky things stand in his way: His father’s former business partner Harold Meachum (a not too bad David Wenham) and his children, Danny’s childhood playmates Ward (Tom Pelphrey) and Joy (Jessica Stroup).

Not to mention the small matter of a certain ninja organisation called The Hand, which is waiting in the shadows to make its move. Cue lots of mystical mumbo jumbo and fortune cookie wisdom, all centred on Rand’s white saviour.

While the previous Marvel Netflix series – Jessica Jones, Daredevil‘s second season and especially Luke Cage – have all had pacing issues, Iron Fist proceeds at a glacial pace that leaves you fidgeting in your seat and checking your watch constantly. And while Jessica Jones took on powerful issues of abuse and consent and Daredevil grappled with Catholic guilt, Iron Fist is concerned with um corporate responsibility. Which is undoubtedly an important issue, but doesn’t make for riveting stuff in a superhero drama.

Pacing issues aside, Jones’ charisma-free performance doesn’t help in the least. There’s very little about Rand that an audience can root for. He is at best pleasant and inoffensive and at worst puzzling and yawn-inducing, which is a strange description of the supposed lead. In fact, the best adjective to describe Danny Rand is bland: Like soggy ramen in a diluted Tonkotsu broth kind of bland.

But perhaps the biggest indictment of Iron Fist, ostensibly a TV series about one of the greatest martial artists in the world, is that its lead can’t fight. Or at the very least, has been poorly trained and/or prepped by his fight choreographer. Watching the early action sequences, I couldn’t quite believe how slowly and tentatively he was moving. I kept waiting for the action to improve, but it never does. Which is a crying shame when you consider what we’ve seen in the likes of Daredevil and Jessica Jones.

Iron Fist‘s sole saving grace may be fellow GOT alumnus Jessica Henwick, who plays Rand’s ally Colleen Wing. Henwick does very well with the American accent and gives a fiercely spirited portrayal, but she is hardly any more impressive a martial arts exponent. At one point, Wing makes like Spider-Man and goes cage fighting for money so we can all see just how badass she is. Sadly, she isn’t.

And of course, we have the hilarious, cringeworthy sight of Rand, a man desperately in need of kung fu pointers from any of a number of action stars, let alone Lei Kung The Thunderer, lecturing Wing about martial arts. Sure Bland Rand, tell us again about what you learned from watching kung fu movies.

As you’ll be aware by now, this is hardly the first negative Iron Fist review out there. Which begs the question: What consequence will Marvel’s first misfire have for The Defenders, where Iron Fist plays a key role? Some quickfire re-writing may be needed, or perhaps a reduction of Danny Rand’s role.

Who knows: Marvel may just recast Rand. After all, they did it with Terrence Howard and Rhodey, and that dude was a way better actor.

They must have re-edited the show after the early reviews before the official netflix debut, because this feels like we’re watching two different things.

Aaron De Guzman

If you find this boring, then perhaps you fell asleep while watching Jessica Jones and Luke Cage.

Aiki

Jessica Jones was enjoyable if a little slow at times, Daredevil really workd for me though season 2 was slow, Luke Cage worked till about 60% of the way through the season then got so boring I couldn’t finish it, I’m only slogging through this so I can watch defenders and to be honest Ive heard that’s pretty slow and shit too. I’m holding out hope for Punisher and Daredevil season 3 being more up tempo and dropping the attempts to do complex narrative and pseudo character development in what should be action shows.